September 2020 Newsletter

Kotz Award Winner Announced

The Library of Virginia and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts are pleased to announce the winner of the annual Art in Literature: The Mary Lynn Kotz Award. The judges selected Philip J. Deloria's book Becoming Mary Sully: Toward an American Indian Abstract as this year's winner.

In Becoming Mary Sully, acclaimed author Philip J. Deloria explores the life and work of Dakota Sioux artist Mary Sully. Deloria is the Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University, where his research and teaching focus on the social, cultural, and political histories of the relations among American Indian peoples and the United States. He is a trustee of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian, where he chairs the Repatriation Committee and is the author of several books on Native Americans and American history.

Join us for the Art in Literature: The Mary Lynn Kotz Award virtual event in partnership with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on Friday, October 16 at 6:00 PM, featuring a talk by Deloria. He will also be recognized on Saturday, October 17, 2020, at the Library of Virginia's virtual Literary Awards Celebration. Click here for more information.

2020 Voorhees Virtual Lecture Series Continues on September 23

English Impressions of "Virginia" & Its Inhabitants before Jamestown: English Mapping & Iconography of the New World is the theme of the 17th Annual Alan M. and Nathalie P. Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography—featuring speakers Dr. Larry Tise, journalist Andrew Lawler, and Library of Virginia senior map archivist Cassandra Britt Farrell.

Two virtual events remain in the series, which is hosted by the Fry–Jefferson Map Society. Events are free with registration and begin at 7:00 PM. Registration is required for each separate virtual event. To register, click on the links below. Once registered through Eventbrite, participants will receive an email closer to the event date from "Education and Outreach" with a link to join the virtual event through GoToWebinar.

Wednesday, September 23, 2020
ANDREW LAWLER | Uncharted Territory: How Maps Launched—And Nearly Sank—English Colonization of the New World
Register at https://bit.ly/2BkmqZF

Thursday, October 22, 2020
CASSANDRA BRITT FARRELL | 17th-Century Maps of Virginia, Maryland & the Southeast, 1590–1720
Register at https://bit.ly/2OHgSeP

For more information contact Dawn Greggs at 804.692.3813 or dawn.greggs@lva.virginia.gov.

Exhibition Gallery Now Open!

Plan your visit to see We Demand: Women's Suffrage in Virginia in the Library of Virginia's Exhibition Gallery, which reopened to the public on August 26, Women's Equality Day and the 100th anniversary of the day the 19th Amendment was certified and added to the Constitution. We Demand reveals how women created two statewide organizations to win the right to vote. To ensure the health safety of our staff and visitors, face coverings are required for entry into the building and visitors to the Gallery are limited to 10 people at a time.

Items on display include suffrage postcards and memorabilia such as pinback buttons and badges, as well as banners from the Virginia branch of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, photographs, and film footage. This exhibition is a project of the Task Force to Commemorate the Centennial Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote. Explore our related online resources here.

The exhibition's curators—Barbara Batson, Mari Julienne, and Brent Tarter—have also written a book on the subject, The Campaign for Woman Suffrage in Virginia, which is available online at the Virginia Shop, and they've been in demand for virtual talks about women's suffrage this summer at Virginia's public libraries and other organizations. Join their upcoming virtual talk for the New Market Area Library on Saturday, September 12, 2020, at 3:00 PM. Click here for more information.

September Is Library Card Sign–up Month

Did you know Virginia residents can register for a Library of Virginia account or renew a current card online? Your Library of Virginia card is a separate account from your local library card, so be sure you have both! Wondering how you might use your account/card? This blog post will give you many ideas for research and reading online—and there's even more to access while you're visiting us in person during a research appointment. Click here for more information and to get (or renew) your card today.